On 2021-04-29 18:18, Samuel Wales wrote:
On 4/29/21, TRS-80 <lists.trs...@isnotmyreal.name> wrote:
My "quick and dirty" solution was to make a function to map over each heading and assign a custom ID based on the text of the heading. It only assigned one if one did not exist already (so in case you had done any manual adjustments they would not be overwritten). I had posted it very early in the thread, but it did not seem to gain much interest. It was not posted as a "long term and proper solution to be included into Orgmode" but rather a quick and easy workaround in the meantime.
thank you. i can imagine that could be useful for a lot of users, but for me, as i said in my op, "short of adding custom id or id to everything" --- i didn't want to add custom id. i will try to clarify why in case it is useful.
Well, FWIW, I did not want to assign custom IDs, either. :) Like you, I didn't want to "pollute" the properties drawer, etc. However after looking into the options, including discussing this issue on the mailing list myself some time ago, I realized that this was going to be a major change in Orgmode, that it had been discussed before (multiple times), and therefore would require (perhaps significant) politicking, etc... And so then I assigned custom IDs to all my entries, and got on about my business. I now have achieved stable links when exporting. ;) I still support your (and others') efforts toward a more proper and long term solution, I just think they are going to take a while to bear fruit is all. Cheers, TRS-80
